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q The right to inspect records held by a could not be explained by the concerned
government authority and take notes from government employee, and it was necessary for
them. the Public Information Officer to take action
against him, to prevent which he took immediate
q The right to inspect any work being carried out
action. It was Shivam who was pleading with the
by any government authority.
government employee, now it was the turn of the
q The right to take certified samples of material, government employee to plead when Shivam
and the right to take information in the form of sought to file an application for information. Such
tapes, floppies or held in any electronic is the power of this act.
format.
So, next time your job is not being done at a
Let us come back to our Case Study of Shivam. government office as per the specified rules,
After this Right to Information Act, 2005 has been simply file an application with the concerned
passed, he can simply file an application with the Information Officer, and see how quickly your job
Public Information Officer of the concerned gets done. This Act is a right step in the right
department and know why his wife’s name is not direction in order to bring the corrupt officials on
being included in the ration card. the right path.

Shivam was advised to do so. To his amazement,
he got a new ration card within three days with Activity
his wife’s name endorsed in it. Not only this, he Write an application under the Right to
was requested by the erring government Information Act, 2005 seeking information why
employee to not pursue his application further. your driving license has not been made within the
specified time frame of ten days.
This happened because delay in doing his job

v The media plays an important role in dissemination of information to the masses.
v Media and democracy are closely related to each other.

v The media should follow certain ethics and it should be held accountable for its actions.
v Advertising can be commercial or social in nature.
v Advertisement is all about the business of drawing public attention to goods and services, through
different forms of the media.
v The government employees ask for a bribe only because the people are not aware of their rights.
v The Right to Information Act, 2005 makes it mandatory to supply information to an individual maintained
by a government department.
v An application under this law can compel the concerned government employees to take action on an
application within the specified time frame.

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. Media and ______________ are closely related.
(a) dictatorship (b) democracy (c) both of these

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